Support material / Material de apoyo

Learning activity 2 / Actividad de aprendizaje 2

Presentation / Presentación

A. Daily routines / Rutinas diarias

1. Function / Función

To talk about routines in the present, we use the simple present. / Para
hablar de rutinas utilizamos el presente simple.

Examples / Ejemplos:

 I brush my teeth every morning.

 Robert watches the news in the evening.
 They go jogging after class.
 We study Portuguese on Saturdays.

2. Structure / Estructura

Subject Verb Complement

I study English on Tuesdays and Thursdays
He supervises * his employees everyday
* Remember that when the subject is he/she/it, you have to add -s, -es, or -ies to the
verb.

3. Third person conjugation / Conjugación en tercera persona

-IES -ES -S
When the verb ends in y after a a. When the verb ends in -ch, -sh, To make your life simple, just
consonant, drop the y and add -s, -x, or -z, add -es. / Cuando remember this: if it does not belong
-ies. / Cuando el verbo termina el verbo termina en -ch, -sh, -s, to the first two categories, it belongs
en -y después de una -x, o -z, agregue -es. to this one. / Para facilitarle la vida
consonante, se elimina -y y se Examples / Ejemplos: solo recuerde esto: si el verbo no
agrega -ies. pertenece a ninguna de las dos
 Watch - Watches
Wash - Washes categorías anteriores, pertenece a
Miss - Misses esta.
Fax - Faxes
Examples / Ejemplos: Buzz - Buzzes Examples / Ejemplos:
b. When the verb ends in -o, add
Try - Tries -es. / Cuando el verbo termina Drive - Drives
Study - Studies en -o, agregue -es. Cook - Cooks
Read - Reads
do - does Scan - Scans
go - goes

An exception to these rules is the verb have. In the third person, have
turns into HAS. / Una excepción a estas reglas es el verbo have que en
tercera persona se convierte en has.

4. Prepositions of time / Preposiciones de tiempo

On, in, and at are prepositions of time that are frequently used when we talk about our routines. /
On, in, y at son preposiciones de tiempo frecuentemente utilizadas cuando hablamos acerca de
nuestras rutinas.

Years, months, expressions such as in the morning, in the afternoon, in the

In
evening.

On Days of week, Dates.

At Specific times of the day.

 B. Adverbs of frequency / Adverbios de frecuencia

1. Function / Función

When you want to talk about the frequency in which an activity is performed,
you use adverbs of frequency such as always, sometimes, never, etc. / Cuando
usted quiere hablar acerca de la frecuencia con que una actividad es realizada,
usted usa adverbios de frecuencia como siempre, algunas veces, nunca, etc.

Examples / Ejemplos:

They never go shopping on Sundays.

Marie usually writes letters to her daughters.
You hardly ever call your sisters.

2. Structure / Estructura

Subject Adverb Verb Complement

Paul often has coffee after lunch

You never take a in the

shower evening

Remember: When you use be, the adverb goes after the verb. /
Recuerde: cuando use be, el adverbio va después del verbo.
 Practice / Práctica

A. Complete el correo con las preposiciones de tiempo correctas.

From: happylearning@yogamail.com
To: johnleary@yogamail.com
Subject: Invitation

Hi John. Are you busy (1) the weekend of the day Saturday? There is a free yoga class near your
house (2) to attend that of the seven a.m. The class finishes (3) at 11:00 on noon. Some
students and I plan to have lunch at the mall and talk about the new course that starts (4) on the
15th of May. They say they like to have classes (5) just the weekends because (6) the days
weekdays they have to work a lot.

Let me know if you can go.

Best regards,

James Dean.

Write the third person form of the following verbs. If you don’t know the meaning of any of them, go to
the glossary. If the verb is not in the glossary, go to www.wordreference.com and look it up. / Escriba
la conjugación en tercera persona de los siguientes verbos. Si no sabe el significado de algún verbo,
vaya al glosario. Si no está en el glosario vaya a www.wordreference.com y búsquelo.
B.

1. Visualize 1. Visualizes
2. Read 2. Reads
3. Make 3. Makes
4. Wake up 4. Wakes up
5. Remember 5. Remembers
6. Have 6. Has
7. Open 7. Opens
8. Get up 8. Gets up
C. Use the verbs above to complete the daily routine of Adriana Barker. Conjugate the verbs if
necessary. / Use los verbos del ejercicio anterior para completar la rutina diaria de Adriana Barker.

Adriana doesn’t like (1) Wakes up early. Her husband (2) Gets up before her. She loves (3) Reads
gradually. She closes her eyes and starts to (4) Has her dreams or to (5) Remembers beautiful
things while her husband (6) Makes coffee. When she (7) Opens her eyes, she likes (8) Visualizes
the book that is on her night table that morning. She (9) Makes poetry and (10) Makes coffee while
she is in bed. She loves her mornings.

D. Change the sentences into negative form. / Cambie las oraciones a su forma negativa.

1. Dogs like to play in water.

Dogs don't like to play in the water

2. My mother watches TV in the afternoon.

My mother does not like to watch television

3. Some soccer players make a lot of money.

Not all soccer players earn a lot of money

4. Alan Moore writes excellent stories.

Alan Moore does not like to write stories

5. Susan and Patricia have coffee every morning.

Susan and Patricia do not like to drink coffee in the morning

E. Make a sentence by adding the adverb in the parentheses to the sentence provided. / Haga una
oración agregando el adverbio que está en el paréntesis en la oración que le es proporcionada.

1. Laura is hungry. (always)

Laura is always hungry

2. They go to bed after they brush their teeth. (usually)

They usually lie down after brushing their teeth.

3. I am angry. (seldom)
I am rarely angry.
 4. My dad drinks coffee. (rarely)
My dad rarely drinks coffee.

5. My son walks to school. (never)

My son never walks to school.

6. We’re on time. (often)

We are on time often.

F. Look at the pictures and write sentences with the adverbs of frequency. When you finish, check the
answers at the end of this document. / Mire las imágenes y haga oraciones utilizando los
adverbios de frecuencia

1 2

Always
1. Sofia always plays with me
2. Rocio always reads a book a day

Fuen
Fuente: SENA te: SENA

3 4

Rarely

3. Rarely Ocar nothing

4. Felipe plays guitar Rarely

Fuente: SENA Fuente: SENA

5 Sometimes 6
 5. Sometimes my dad reads not very
often.

6. When I was in college, I sometimes

sang but couldn't because of the
nerves
Fuente: SENA Fuente: SENA

G. Put the words in order to form a sentence. Conjugate the verb if necessary. / Organice las partes
para formar una oración.

1. Often / lunch / have / David / at the office.

David has a little lunch in the office.

2. Go to work / rarely / my parents / by bus.

my parents will rarely go to work on the bus.

3. In the evening / you / do homework / often.

you do homework at night often.

4. Usually / Laura / be / good student / a

Laura usually be a good student.

5. Go to the movies / on Saturdays / never / your friends.

never go to the movies on Saturdays your friends.

Production / Producción
 A. Choose a person you admire or a person you consider to be a role model.
Google information about his/her personal routine. Use the information to write a
composition about his/her personal routine. Write at least 10 sentences. /
Escoja una persona a quién usted admire. Una persona que usted considera un
ejemplo a seguir. Busque en Google información acerca de su rutina diaria. Use
la información para escribir una composición de por lo menos 10 oraciones
acerca de su rutina.

lays (1) She wakes up early and organizes the house while her husband (2)
gets up and prepares coffee. She loves (3) reading her projects to work. (4)
He has patience for his students. (5) He remembers that he has to prepare
his daughter to go to school, his older son (6) He consults with his patients.
When she (7) opens the door to her room everything is organized, she likes
(8) View her calendar to review what is pending. She (9) exercises at 11:30
noon and lasts two hours in the gym, then goes to brush her hair to go to
work (10) takes a 30-minute nap and wakes up to continue her work. she
loves teaching children

B. Using the frequency adverbs, write a composition about

the routine of a member of your family. / Utilizando los
adverbios de frecuencia escriba una composición acerca de
la rutina usual de algún miembro de su familia.

María José, usually gets up at six in the morning

he has breakfast, then he takes a bath he always goes to school early,
he always brushes his teeth three times a day.
She never played volleyball.
Almost always during the week he has a swimming class, except on weekends,
Sometimes he goes to the movies with his friends, in the afternoon he does his
work
 Note: To check the answers go to Suggest answer sheet. / Nota: para
consultar las respuestas diríjase al enlace Suggest answer sheet.

Document control / Control del documento

Name Position Dependence Date

Dirección de
Asesora pedagógica Formación
Author Nicole Bruskewitz August
English Dot Works Profesional
2014
Dirección General

Paola Andrea Centro

Copy editor – Línea August
Adaptation Bobadilla Agroindustrial
de producción 2014
Gutiérrez Regional Quindío